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Self-Destruction: My Country My People
ISBN: 9780595375455 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not since Jimmy the Greek's statement on race has there been a book this edgy This book says what everyone would like to say but are scared to say. Straight out of the projects of Bronx New York, this author has traveled down many roads and has experienced many of the things that most will not have had the opportunity to do. He has taken some of those thoughts and experiences and put it all in this book in order to expose some of the problems and feelings that he believes is plaguing our country. An ex-military officer and police officer, he recently returned from the war in Iraq... Not since Jimmy the Greek's statement on race has there been a book this edgy This book says what everyone would like to say but are scared to say... |
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50,19 zł |
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That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity
ISBN: 9780674026230 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to prevent more atrocities from happening in the future, and to stop the ones that are happening right now? That the World May Know tells the powerful and moving story of the successes and failures of the modern human rights movement. Drawing on firsthand accounts from fieldworkers around the world, the book gives a painfully clear picture of the human cost of confronting inhumanity in our day. There is no... After the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to pr... |
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190,63 zł |
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The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory
ISBN: 9780691123837 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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185,59 zł |
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The Violent Society
ISBN: 9780714633091 / Angielski / Twarda / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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579,30 zł |
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The Violent Society
ISBN: 9780714640556 / Angielski / Miękka / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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151,07 zł |
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The Democratic Experience and Political Violence
ISBN: 9780714651507 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection brings together distinguished scholars who have come to believe that democracies have a special proclivity to stimulate political violence. Cold War preoccupations and tendencies to ignore historical experiences have obscured this characteristic, as has a naive assumption that when appropriate peaceful means for settling disputes are provided, the need and thus the likelihood for violence dissipates. But the more we know about this feature of democracy the more effective our responses will be.
This collection brings together distinguished scholars who have come to believe that democracies have a special proclivity to stimulate political viol...
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755,61 zł |
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A War of Words: Political Violence and Public Debate in Israel
ISBN: 9780714656311 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines a series of controversies surrounding Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent violence. Influenced by Weber's definition of the state as the 'monopoly of violence', politcial scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimation struggles of non-state actors who resort to violence. This book redresses the balance. Chapters are devoted to the public discourse about Palestinian and Jewish terrorism, the war in Lebanon, the alleged connection between verbal violence of government leaders and the physical violence of its... This book examines a series of controversies surrounding Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent violence. Influenced by Weber's d... |
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221,59 zł |
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The Democratic Experience and Political Violence
ISBN: 9780714681672 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection brings together distinguished scholars who have come to believe that democracies have a special proclivity to stimulate political violence. Cold War preoccupations and tendencies to ignore historical experiences have obscured this characteristic, as has a naive assumption that when appropriate peaceful means for settling disputes are provided, the need and thus the likelihood for violence dissipates. But the more we know about this feature of democracy the more effective our responses will be.
This collection brings together distinguished scholars who have come to believe that democracies have a special proclivity to stimulate political viol...
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241,74 zł |
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Violence in the Media
ISBN: 9780737733006 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.; Title explores issues related to Violence in the Media, including
--violence in music and videos --exposure to violence in television and movies --violent video games --how society should respond to violence in the media; Each anthology is composed of a wide spectrum of sources written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields. This unique... The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and ...
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178,75 zł |
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The Sacred Monstrous: A Reflection on Violence in Human Communities
ISBN: 9780739106150 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence--long trivialized by philosophers as an incidental or anomalous feature of humanity--as a central concern for ethical thought. Wendy Hamblet focuses on a fundamental paradox that emerges when well-meaning communities and individuals attempt to implement their ideals in our social, or socialized, world. Very often the unintended consequences of these individual or communal ideals run headlong into the brute fact of bloody human engagement. Through her investigation of...
Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence--long trivialized by ph...
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466,62 zł |
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The Sacred Monstrous: A Reflection on Violence in Human Communities
ISBN: 9780739107430 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence--long trivialized by philosophers as an incidental or anomalous feature of humanity--as a central concern for ethical thought. Wendy Hamblet focuses on a fundamental paradox that emerges when well-meaning communities and individuals attempt to implement their ideals in our social, or socialized, world. Very often the unintended consequences of these individual or communal ideals run headlong into the brute fact of bloody human engagement. Through her investigation of...
Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence--long trivialized by ph...
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190,89 zł |
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Roads to Reconciliation
ISBN: 9780739109038 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of processes judicial as well as non-judicial are most likely to generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides...
The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in wh...
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556,76 zł |
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Domestic Violence in Asian-American Communities: A Cultural Overview
ISBN: 9780739123584 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Domestic violence in Asian American communities remains a rarely discussed, yet pervasive problem. With eight chapters, each dedicated to a different Asian American community, the essays in this volume explore the factors involved in domestic violence in specific communities. This unique project will provide an indispensable tool for scholars and researchers in social work and family studies who want to better understand the complexities of serving this growing and diverse population.
Domestic violence in Asian American communities remains a rarely discussed, yet pervasive problem. With eight chapters, each dedicated to a different ...
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233,31 zł |
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Revolutionary Currents: Nation Building in the Transatlantic World
ISBN: 9780742521643 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Age of Democratic Revolution, countries on both sides of the Atlantic were linked together through trade networks, diplomatic ties, and social interactions. More importantly, however, they also shared a common revolutionary dynamic that oscillated back and forth across the ocean. Revolutionary Currents explores the global crosscurrents and revolutionary ideologies that inspired four great modern revolutions--England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution in 1789, and the Mexican Revolution in the early 1800s. Michael A. Morrison and...
In the Age of Democratic Revolution, countries on both sides of the Atlantic were linked together through trade networks, diplomatic ties, and social ...
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588,58 zł |
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Revolutionary Currents: Nation Building in the Transatlantic World
ISBN: 9780742521650 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Age of Democratic Revolution, countries on both sides of the Atlantic were linked together through trade networks, diplomatic ties, and social interactions. More importantly, however, they also shared a common revolutionary dynamic that oscillated back and forth across the ocean. Revolutionary Currents explores the global crosscurrents and revolutionary ideologies that inspired four great modern revolutions--England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution in 1789, and the Mexican Revolution in the early 1800s. Michael A. Morrison and...
In the Age of Democratic Revolution, countries on both sides of the Atlantic were linked together through trade networks, diplomatic ties, and social ...
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217,40 zł |
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Sports Fan Violence in North America
ISBN: 9780742539792 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This extensively researched book addresses sports fan violence sociologically, using both theoretical models and empirical data. Lewis draws from the theoretical approaches based on the collective behavior models of Neil J. Smelser and Clark McPhail in order to show how to study fan violence using the intensive case history method. This method is then applied to an in-depth analysis of the Ohio State-Michigan football celebration riot in 2002 and the Boston Red Sox celebration riot in 2004. The book concludes by proposing solutions for the prevention and control of sports fan violence.
This extensively researched book addresses sports fan violence sociologically, using both theoretical models and empirical data. Lewis draws from the ...
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477,23 zł |
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Sports Fan Violence in North America
ISBN: 9780742539808 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that sport is essential to the social health of any society. Participation in the sport fan experience is very meaningful for a significant portion of the membership of any society. This volume argues that sports fan violence, particularly celebrating riots after championship play, disturbs and harms one of the key positive aspects of sports.
This book argues that sport is essential to the social health of any society. Participation in the sport fan experience is very meaningful for a signi...
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185,59 zł |
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Transforming Conflict: Communication and Ethnopolitical Conflict
ISBN: 9780742539938 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This student-oriented book introduces and explains the dynamics of conflict and resolution particularly in ethnic, ethnopolitical, and intercultural or intergroup conflicts. Providing a basic overview of the elements of group conflict, ethnicity, identity, and diasporas, the book also explores the role of the mass media and key ways of using communication principles to understand and resolve conflict. It focuses on how to resolve problems by changing relationships and building new patterns of communication, not just managing or settling problems through acceptable political agreements....
This student-oriented book introduces and explains the dynamics of conflict and resolution particularly in ethnic, ethnopolitical, and intercultural o...
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487,83 zł |
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Flesh and Blood: Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence
ISBN: 9780742541634 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sociologists and criminologists have long known that there is a relationship between masculinity and crime. Indeed, gender has been advanced consistently as the strongest predictor of criminal involvement. Flesh and Blood provides a fascinating account of the connection among adolescent gender diversity, the body, and assaultive violence. The book is divided into four parts. In Part I, the author explores the history of criminology as a discipline, paying particular attention to the misgivings about the body, gender, and crime. Messerschmidt shows that criminology historically has maintained,...
Sociologists and criminologists have long known that there is a relationship between masculinity and crime. Indeed, gender has been advanced consisten...
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567,37 zł |
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Flesh and Blood: Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence
ISBN: 9780742541641 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, 2) how masculine practices may be constructed by both boys and girls, 3) how such embodied social actions are related to violence and nonviolence, and 4) the fallacy of the mind-body, sex-gender, and gender difference binaries.
This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, 2) how masculine practices may be constructed by both boy...
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159,08 zł |